I remember giving baths to flea infested kittens back in the 80s. Heavy gloves, kittens at arm’s length. Much howling, hissing and urination in fear (them not us). Glad not to be doing that now or ever again.

Dear Tabby and Fluffy — I hate baths, too. I had ONE. I was still a puppy and my pal, Lily, and I found something interesting outside and Lily decided to hunt it. Well it sprayed us with something awful that stung my face. Our human discovered this when we went in for breakfast. That was my first and last bath. A mysterious concoction of hydrogen peroxide, dish soap and water she delivered on the back patio and THEN Lily and I could not come in the house for a whole day. I know that bath and torture mean the same thing. Like you, I am very careful to use my tongue to keep myself clean. Mindy does the same, but she says she’s had MANY baths and she likes them. Yours in anti-bath solidarity, Dusty T. Dog

Being a short haired Tabby feline, I don’t have a big problem with my fur. Nera had all sorts of strange things in her fur and had to have a hair cut at the vets every year (under aneasthetic).Fluffy what about you? I am just Fluffy which explains it all. We Selkirk rex have fur like cotton wool mixed with silk. Mrs. Human does not like it when there are deposits on the carpet.

Hmmm Pretty similar to Mindy and me. I have short fur, but Mindy has long, silky, curly fur. It gets clumps and our human goes at them with scissors. Mindy doesn’t care because she’s the calmest dog who ever existed. Yours forever in grooming challenges, Dusty T. Dog

Three Cool Cats, Nera, Tabby and Fluffy

This blog belongs to Tabby the cat that owns me. There two other cats Nera and Fluffy but they left for the eternal corn chambers, never to be forgotten and sometimes they still pay a visit on this page. They see life from a feline perspective. They sleep 23 hours a day and spend an hour looking for somewhere to sleep. Their hobbies are eating, sleeping, hunting and birdwatching.